Qiao Yue looked at the bones of the sixth-order demon beast with flesh and blood left around her, and rubbed her hands.

This must be something of value, she is not familiar with her life, and she has not much money left, so it is better to receive it in her pocket as soon as possible.

It's just that there are too many bones in this big bird, and Qiao Yue's Qiankun bag can't fit it, so she took a few more storage bags and barely collected this pile of bones.

At this time, Qiao Yue felt cold, thinking that when she used to spend the winter, she used her spiritual power to keep out the cold, so she used her spiritual breath, and sure enough, there was no cold feeling.

Qiao Yue thought to herself, she had always had very little time to meditate, she had been cultivating in battles, and now that she had come to the north, she had to run her aura all the time, wouldn't she have more time to cultivate than before?

However, there is still bird blood left here, and it is difficult to say whether it will attract any other demon beasts, so she had better leave quickly.

Spreading out the map, Qiao Yue pointed and painted, and finally determined her location.

She is now located next to the Ice Thorn Forest in the northernmost part of the East Rim Continent. The map shows that in the deepest part of the Ice Thorn Forest, near the coast, there is a small sect, the Tianji Gate.

Qiao Yue had never heard of this sect before, but since it was an immortal cultivation sect, she thought that there would be people nearby and there would be no demon beasts to provoke, so it would definitely be safer for her to go to the Ice Thorn Forest than in the wilderness.

After determining the direction, Qiao Yue put on the turtle shell as a defense, spread out her divine sense to be vigilant at any time, and cautiously walked towards the ice thorn forest to the north.

Gradually approaching the Ice Thorn Forest, Qiao Yue realized that from a distance, it was a thorn, but when she actually came closer, she realized that those ice spikes were steep icebergs that went straight up and down, towering into the clouds, and there was no end in sight.

In the Ancient Sword Sect before, although the mountain was high, it was not as straight up and down as this, there was a feasible road, but here it was a smooth ice surface, how could such a mountain be climbed?

As soon as she thought so, she suddenly saw a group of people climbing upwards on an ice spike not far away, and it turned out to be dozens of mortals!

How is this possible, this kind of mountain, even Qiao Yue, who is a monk, can't go up at all if he doesn't use the technique of stepping on the sky.

And those mortals don't have spells, how did they go up?

Qiao Yue rushed over, and the aura of the Qi Refining Cultivator alarmed these mortals, and they were all shocked when they saw her appearance, especially the old man who was climbing on the highest place, and shouted loudly: "It's the white-haired Turtle Fairy, go down quickly!"

After saying that, the old man suddenly let go of his hands and fell straight towards the ice.

Qiao Yue was shocked, although she had never known this person in her life, it was not something she could do to see this person fall to death.

In an instant, the vine in her hand had come out, grabbed the old man's waist, saved him alive, and put it on the ground, but the vine had been frozen by the cold wind, and it shattered into ice at the slightest touch.

However, what surprised Qiao Yue even more was that the group of people actually jumped to the ground one by one as if they were dying, which made Qiao Yue tremble.

Seeing that the "Turtle Daxian" was kind-hearted and wanted to save them, the old man must have come from other places, so he hurriedly knelt on the ground and said: "Meet the Turtle Daxian, meet the Turtle Daxian!"

The group of mortals who jumped down from the height did not do anything at all, and when they saw the elders kneeling, they all knelt down, and their heads slammed into the mountains, but they were not hurt at all.

In the midst of these mortal kneeling sounds. Qiao Yue was a little at a loss, "Who are you?" I, I'm not a Turtle Great Immortal, I'm just a Qi Refining Cultivator. ”

When the old man heard this, he hurriedly raised his head and said respectfully: "Abuse, it turns out that Ning is an immortal master! The attitude was humble and humble, but the words he said made Qiao Yue confused, and the accent was too heavy.

Qiao Yue couldn't help frowning: "No, no, you guys get up first, I won't eat you." ”

"Yes, yes. The old man replied repeatedly, then got up and shouted at the people behind, "Immortal Master let Ning get up, get up quickly, don't slack off Immortal Master." ”

These mortals got up quickly, and Qiao Yue noticed that these mortals were wearing thick fur and shoes with nails on their feet, all of them were as strong as oxen, their skin was black and red, and they were more than a head taller than her, not like ordinary people, but similar to the beastfighters.

I don't know if it's because of the water and soil, these mortals are not very good-looking, and they are very different from those thin mortals in the east.

"Immortal Master, the hungry are from the Iron Dragon Tribe, and this is the Ice Pillar that the hungry offer to the Immortal Master. As he spoke, the old man took out a bag from his arms and gave it to Qiao Yue with both hands.

Qiao Yue was stunned, Bing Lingshi? What is that? But if someone gives something, it's a fool to refuse, let's see if it's worth it first.

The old man's wrinkled hand held a round stone the size of an aqua blue walnut, and there was a chill on it, but it was obvious that mortals were not afraid of this cold air, which meant that there was not much cold air.

Qiao Yue picked up the Ice Ling Stone, swept her divine sense into it, and carefully probed it.

Don't look at its appearance similar to pebbles, in fact, there is a lot of ice aura stored in it, which is a thousand times more than the aura stored in ordinary spirit stones.

It seems to be a really valuable thing, and such a piece is estimated to be of a lot of use.

"Why did you give this thing to me?"

Seeing that she happily accepted the Bingling Stone, the old man smiled favoredly, "At first glance, I know that the immortal master is not from the north." ”

"Yes, I'm from the east. Qiao Yue nodded again and again, no, she was still caught by a bird as a turtle.

The old man smiled: "The immortal master is from the east, no wonder I don't know the customs of the hungry in the north." The north of the hungry is not like the east of Ningmen, there is a big city, there is only one tribe, each tribe goes out to meet the immortal master, must offer treasures, this is a little bit of the heart of the hungry. ”

"Xinyi?" Qiao Yue felt strange, why did such a valuable thing be offered to her? There is no free lunch in the world. Could it be that they have a request for the monks......

"What do you have to do, tell me. Qiao Yue thought, she was embarrassed to take other people's Bingling Stone for nothing, so she simply asked if there was anything she could do, she would help if she had the ability, and if she didn't have the ability, she would divert the topic and inquire about other things, and then she would take the opportunity to slip away.

"Alas, hungry people...... I'm really flattered! Immortal Master, I'd rather ask like this, it's really a blessing to be hungry!"

The old man bowed and bowed to Qiao Yue, a handful of snot and tears, and didn't talk about business for a long time, which made Qiao Yue impatient, "If you have anything, you just say it, you don't bother to worship and worship, I'm still annoying." ”

Hearing her words, the old man hurriedly stood up straight and said, "Yes, yes." Hungry, let's talk to Ning......"

It turned out that the mortals of the north were different from other places in that they did not have cities, but were divided into tribes. The various tribes are of different sizes, with tens of thousands of people and dozens of small tribes, all of whom live in the 10,000-mile ice thorn forest in the north of Donglinzhou, and there are thousands of tribes of all sizes living in them, and the combined population is not a small number.

But these inter-tribal relations are not generally complicated, some are married to each other, and some are hateful to each other. Fights often occur over things, and many people die, and tribal conflicts continue from generation to generation.

And every tribe here is under the jurisdiction of the Heavenly Pole Gate, providing them with necessary food and living materials, and also accepting people with spiritual roots in the tribe as disciples and teaching them to cultivate.

Of course, the jurisdiction of the Heavenly Pole Gate is not really in charge, and immortal cultivators will never directly participate in the affairs of mortals. They would only ask each tribe to find a monk to be the patriarch to maintain basic security, and in case of conflict, it was often the patriarchs of both sides who came forward to negotiate.

The monks love face among themselves, and they generally don't fight hard, but if the words are not speculative, it is not uncommon for the two tribes to fight.

If the patriarch of any tribe falls, they must find a new patriarch within a year or be annexed by other tribes, which is certainly not what the tribe wants.

At this time, the mortals of the extreme northern tribe will elect an old man as a temporary leader to find the treasures in the Ice Thorn Forest, and find a way to win over the monks and become the new patriarch.

The group of people Qiao Yue met was a tribe called Tielong nearby, and the old man was the temporary leader, named Tiezhu, who was climbing the ice spike and was anxious to dig up something, but when he saw her carrying a turtle shell, he thought it was a demon cultivator, so he hurriedly knelt down and worshipped.

However, Qiao Yue was a monk, which was more in line with their wishes, so they offered the Bingling Stone, wanting to leave Qiao Yue as the patriarch.

Listened to these. Qiao Yue thought secretly, listening to the meaning of Tie Zhu, there was not much risk in becoming a patriarch, and he could also become a registered disciple of Tianji Sect and get more benefits.

However, she had just arrived, and she didn't know the specific situation here, so she hastily agreed to Tiezhu's request, and it would be difficult to get out of trouble with all her body.

Qiao Yue thought about it and asked some strange things: "The cold wind here is also terrifying for Qi Refining Cultivators, how come you few mortals are fine?"

Tie Zhu explained: "Immortal Master Ning doesn't know, hungry people are naturally strong, and it's okay to fall from a high place, let alone be cold. And he was wearing a white bearskin coat, which was not an ordinary warmth. This turtle shell on Ning's body can also block the wind, but it is not as good as the white bear skin, and it can still heat up when you wear it!"

No wonder they are wrapped so tightly, it turns out that the white bear skin has a miraculous effect. She also said that sure enough, one side of the water and soil supports one side of the people, and strong people can be born in bad places.

"The monks of the Extreme Gate also wore white bearskin clothes that day?"

"Not really. Hungry mortals wear leather clothes to keep out the cold, and the immortal masters have another set of exercises that can resist the cold wind and increase their cultivation. ”

Qiao Yue understood that the Heavenly Extreme Sect cultivator's method of resisting the cold was the same as hers, which was to constantly operate spiritual power, but in fact, it was beneficial, and she had the right to cultivate.

"By the way, if Immortal Master Ning is in a hurry, can he ...... Help the hungry, go to the hungry tribe and see the hungry people's deadline is coming soon. Tie Zhu took the opportunity to say the purpose and looked at Qiao Yue with a pitiful look, while the people behind him all had tears in their eyes and were full of desire.

Qiao Yue thought about it, if she came, she would be safe, anyway, she left the east to avoid trouble, and it was much more peaceful here than Linhai.

If the Iron Dragon Tribe is good, then what if she becomes the patriarch for a while, it doesn't matter if she stays in the north.

Thinking like this, Qiao Yue nodded: "It's good, I'm out to play anyway." Immortal cultivators are home all over the world, if your tribe has good conditions, then I will stay. ”

Hearing her response, Tie Zhu smiled in surprise, and hurriedly said respectfully: "Alas, thank you so much! ”

"You lead the way. ”